Damn Vandals

Another act of vandalism on the island. I hope they get those little scrawny bastards. Ruining a perfectly good, and informative, sign. The tourists will be so confused now I'm sure.

It really was about time somebody did a little edit to the Tsunami signs. These are all over north island and justifyably so. We get warnings regularly and have a phone tree developed for the Tow Hill community for those of us without phone or TV.

This is the sign coming into town and on the way out of town they have 'Tsunami Evacuation Route' signs with the little dude holding onto his wife and kids and flying up the dump hill (apparently where we're supposed to go). I tell you what, if a tsunami hits here, first thing I'm doing is grabbing my wetsuit, and board and waiting. After seeing what happened with the Sri Lanka episode and from the limited tsunami experience I have here, I think the best place to be is on top of the water picking up the pieces. Just a thought.

Well, surf is finally back up. Today had some chest highs again which was really nice as it's been relatively flat for at least a week. The weather never ceases to amaze me as those huge winds were coming straight out of the south and ended up giving a wave right out of the north??? Wave dynamics are very interesting and I really get to appreciate the pure power of the wave and the wind and how they react to each other. One very powerful force reacting with an enormous volume to generate something sooo fun! Good times.

Well, all for now kids. Lots of stuff going on as usual. Hope you're all keeping busy and keeping warm in the phantom spring month. Summer is on it's way, as we can all tell. Just enjoy what you've got now and live in your present.